Water-supply system.



E. H. NELSON.

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 10,1908.

.j/ Snowdon Wi I; 11 cosas R. H. NELSONn WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.

APPLICATION -PILED APR.10 ,19031.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

@37H11 une Patented May 4, 1909.

Aand -coi'istriutions within the 4 in connection with means i. www e. 'i vf "IVE RBERT H. NELSON, OF DDN, ILLNOIS.

VJATER-SU?ELY SYSTEM.

Application fried April i0,

.le it known that i, lioninrr ii. Nnnsrim. a citizen of the United Stateshresidingj at Dixon, Lee county, illinois, have invented certain new and useful Yimprovements in flirter-Supply Systems; and i do hereby deciare the tollen/fine; to be s. full, elear, and exact description of tlie'invention, such as Will enable others skilled in' the art to which it appertains to make and usetlie same.

'iliis invention relates to certain improveinents in water suppiy systems; and relates inore particularly to ineens for automatically controlling; water elevating` mechanism in* water supply systems for houses or Wherever adapted to supply Water at distantpoints; and the objects and nature of my xviii be readily understood.

nation of the accompanying drawings illustrating what i consider niy preferred einliodiinent from anions' other arrai' gements spirit and pe of my invention.

,fin olii water supply system adapted te iurnisli water troni different sources, sucii as from invention u, by those skilled in i the srt in the light ot the following explel Specification of Letters Patent.

i l l l l l l l, l i i l i i l ect of the invention is to provide a city service pipes or niains and from cisterne. l

or other sources et' Water not under pressure, and wherein the pressure of the service Water is utilized to actuate a pump or the like Ifor raising or for the (fingern water, tor nutoinatically stopping; and starting/ the action of the puinp :is the pressure tite cistern Water forced by the punip readies or tails loelovY a cert-ain approximately predeterinined point.

it iurt' er object of the invention is to provide a-liouse or local water supply system comprising,- service pipes for Water from city mains or other' source of water under pressure. and a. tank or reservoir to receive water from a .fisteri'i or other source ot' Water not under ,'n'essure a purnp for forein'l the cistei i or other water, int-o said tank, nath infr i* sting means inciuded in said sity .insin witter service pipes and. oriven by the oressure oi the viator tiiereiY end eressiue actuated means controlled by the (inference in pressure between the Water said, or reservoir and the'tnlater in said @ity main water pipes, for causing the i'iow of seid city water through said pinne; actuating means when the pressure insetti tank al'is bei-owe eertein point, eine; tos shunt/ing tite 'Eatented May e, 1909.

isos. semi n. 42mm i city main water from said pump actuating ineens and directly into said city mein water service pipe systems when tlie pressure in seid tank is at or above the desired oint. diie invention consists in certain novel 'features in Construction und in' combinations or arrangements ol parts as more fully and particularly deseribed and set forth hereinafter.

in the aceoini'ninying drswingsz-Figure l., a soinewliat diagrainmatioal view iiiustratingi my Water supply system. F 2, is a longitudinal section, on an enlarged seele, of tlie pressure regulating or controlling valve. Figi'. 3, is a diagrainmatical View showingv tire system arranged to lift water to an elevated tank or reservoir from `yliich it is supplied by gravity to tlie points desi-red. Referring to Figs. l and 2, ot'tlie drawinffs, of is the Water supply pipe from a cistern, or other source oi rain or what is commonly terined soft Water, or any other source of water not under pressure or Water requiring means for lii'ting or forcing the saine to tlie location or 'point desired foruse. This water -`ly pipe, (L, extends to and. sii.",-iilies a pump '2, oi' any suitable typo or construction designed and arranged to iiit tlie Water troni the cistern or other source and torce orl drive the saine onder pressure to supply a house ii-ipe system or other Vpipe or system for use. in the exanrpie shown, the 'pump toroes'the cistern vv'ater tlirr'mgh pipe i?, into a closed pressure or compression tank 3. i'orecs suoli s quai by ot wster under presinto this tank untii the air in. the tank is tliereby compressed to the desired extent to force oii litt the water troni the tank tothe desiredlpoint for service. For instance, show the Water ser vice pipe e, exten-ding from the pressure tank 3, to supply iaucets vari onsiy located in a rieuse or elsewhere, er to Gerry and deliver the sott or rein Water wherever desired. This service #eine c, een be coupled with the pressure su-it efbie manner or by suitsbie means, pret ersoly so to. drew the Water treni the lower portion ot the interior of the tank. in the speeie exemple iiiustreted7 inereiy toi conm venienee, i show the water receiving end. ot the service pipe e, coupied by et into the up per end portion 'of' the pip-eA frein tire pump and supplying erster to and. opening .into the low et so desired, eent-o veve'or cock 4,

can be erreiiged in pipe by'whicii pipes b l ii, extending demi frein inici; port i), se out and c, een be cutoi roin the tank ii for i-ny reason such action be necessary or deeiriibie.

d, is :i Weiter supply pipe coniiecied with any suitable source ci water u'fideinprcssure,

lsucli for instance as a ciiy iniiin or ciber source of city Water supply under pressure. This'supply ci' connecting pipe d, extensie into the bouse and is connect-ed .with be waiter iniciJ por?J ef u water iiioer of any Suitable er desirable type er cousiviuctei'i. This iiielfer connected by suiebie ineens te drive the pump 2, The water meter is constructed ier und is operated by the service pressure 0i' the city water delivered iiiu ille iiictor tlircugli the suppiy pipe d, und beure the cistern Water pump 2, is operated by tbe city Water pressure.

A service pip-e systeiii is provided in lie liouse ci' elsewbereto deliver lie city' Water at the service pressure tu faucets, flush tanks er either outlets and for garden er lawn purposes. Tliis city water rieuse serqice pipe system is ii'idicfa-ted by die pipe e, which is connected Ywith tbe Waste or exhaust port of the Water meter 5, se that the service pipe ci' system e, is connected with the Sunpiy pipe d, t'liieugli tl'ie Water uieier, wl'iieii in eiiect is included in ivlie Water supply connected between tiie street iiiein and ilw heuse service system e.

6, is a cui; vif 'valve Wbicli can be lueiited in the supply pipe d, between lille iunior und street main for obvious purposes. ile en di aired, e norinfilly closed direct er crew', pipe` cciinectiei'if, cen be established between lli@ ter lieuse supp y pipe system if. 'This dirw:

ci' cross cciiiiectieiij, nornuxily @leerd liv-r cut-elli vulve?, Wliirli run be npciird if l'm 5 motor and puiiip wuuld reuuuu iuuciiw. A direct 'ci' shunt pipe connection y, iu w+ tablislied between the city water su pply pip-e- (l, find alie house service pipe ci' system (f. i1idependeiitiy 0i the meter 5, and whereby lzlux inoter can be. siiuiited, us it `were, culuci Lim system andthe city Water supplied direi-i; Le pipe system e, Without passing; iliieug-li er operating' iiie iiicter. ffii tliis direc-il er ebuiilu Wiii'ei' ceii'iiectien g is indiv-ded lvlie cz'ieinfgfj of un luminari-ie dii'i'ei'eiitiul er pressure epcrziied ceiitrclliugi' valve, iii l und 3,. dei erfiliy indicated by tbe reference ruimere! Si. The. pressure eiizuiiber of tliie vulve is in direct open comiiiuiiic'iiiinm wiLli tliecisierii water heuse supply pipe er sys bein e, tluougiqli the iiiediuni ef e pipe '/L, from pipe c, und opening inte Suid eiuiiiiber. 'liie Juive c-:isiili luis city water inlet epeiiiiip; i), zuid eutlet opening' l0, into wliirli the scclieiisef the pipe g, lire Secured. llie casing' is feriucd with u, longitudinal er verniciil waiter pum-:uds

' ceives iflie eietern water i'rciu trink f3.

vpreesure :is in tbe eisficri writer heuse service leiv peri; i9, and ini'zc im-finie Suid pei the cusiiig is iprii'ied with inucriizil annuler vulve Beet l2, vericiiily nicvzib recipl arranged wiiluii f priw/ided with mire sri-,ini g5; ilieieA 'ii und entendi "f upwardly tl'iereireiri lciiiiiiyudineliy e? iflie mein and in its upper end 'lived te tbeceii "rel periiun ei ai.

ilexibie diaipiiriiwni i i'ieer er Se betteln wail ei 'fiie which pipe z., opens an;

wbicli cbiiiuber re :i ii l eine wherein tlie cieizern Weiler ie under lflie pipe c. it will thus be noted iluil.y iiic pres-- Sure of tbe cisterii wiii'fer in tlie bouse service pipe c, or. in pressure supply mid; c erted against diepliriigiii i5, in ii direeiiicu te tend te force valve i5, freni iw seein and p iiiii' flew of city service Water tlii'euwl'i ei'iie iiE or direct'eenneciicn y, und ineiiiii'- :irc pre1. vided whereby when @iie'c'sberii weiser preesure iieee tu i certain peint, auch preeeure will be suilicieni te depi arid open Valve 33, end ber lle-W of city serv ice 'waiter dire heuse pirl e e, und nei "i" leu' die relu-ee el' icess resieieiice i rui-mii er faliuii g. rii'llier kben il uie'er.

mumble i iuigbt be uiiized ier ibis l present mlvii d by experience, l ciiipieyzi epi-ing surdi for iiie'iunce, es expensive spring, i7, arranged in iiiie iewer cnil eltlie passage ii, of the 'idw casing iin/il wmp ed belm'ceii libe uiidei eide 13, und si, iiciid er ubulpineii, end el adjusting.;screw 19, :idjusi le if und cziri'ied by up T20, Screwed en und eiuiiiiig tlic iewer end ei' Vdie seeing, l

'.Tiireugli lthe .medium el screw 19, ALilie ten sien e" the spring` en rlic vulve mii be zi ijusted le the desired prcseure te leterniii Elie prceeure @i the isteria weier iii the uiiii 3, access: te @pei tbc Juive .i34 llie cbjeei i5 te iiiuiiiniiii tim wai-er in mi; up ic a, certain pressure, libel', is i-lic pressure neces sary te prcperijf" :supply vini/er tliieugli pipe c, i: end 'when through 'Clie iiiediuiii ul puiiip i), the desired quai-uiity Oi' pressure el' Waiter-luie been reached iu iziiil 3, open i/iiive 13, ciLy water flowing Lliruugli pipes d zuid e, will not cause operation ci the weiter iiieci4 but Uil VPN,

. when the tank 2-,

through pine h, to the pressure chamber of will be shunted around the motor by flowing 'through direct or cut-ofi' pipe connection g. li' the desired cistern water in tank 3, should, (by use in the house through cistern Water house 'faucet c", for instance), 'fall below the predetermined' quantityl or pressure, the spring i7, will overcome the pressure oi the cistcrii water against diaphragm l5, and thereby close .f'alve i3. li while valve 13, is thus held closed, the city water house faucet e, should be opened, or ii' by any other means, 'water should be caused ato flow through city water house pipe e, thevvater inotor will be immediately started in operation as the city water must pass through. the motor. The cistern water pump will hence. force cistorn 'water into tanl: 3, While Water runs through pipe-c, and until the pressure in tank 3, and pipe c, is sufficient to overcome spring l?, and again open valve ln Fig. 3, l sliov.r an open elevated cistern water supply tank 2l, instead of the closed compression or pressure tank, and the pump 2, elevates the cistern Water into said elevated tank through pipe' lr', while the house lseivice pipe c, is supplied from said elevated tank oy gravity. The pipe trl, is shown dischargingr into the top o'l. the tank, end the water discharge into the tank can be controlled, or closed and opened, by any suitable floatopersted valve c", suoli as a ballcock check. The soit iva-ter house pipe c, can be supplied from the bottom oll tank` 2l, through pipe length c?, and u. section oi' pipe b2; the pipe c, extending from pipe t, at a point be low pipe c. Pipe c2, can be provided with an outwardly opening check valve 13, lo prevent heel: flow `from pi Je bz, through pipe c'-. ias heen filled to the de-` sired level, the float closes the valve c4, and the pressure iii pipe b", being communicated the contro ling valve causes the opening of valve 13, and results in stopping the operat tion el the pinnp. lill-hen suflicient water been drawn from tank 2l, to so reduce the pressure as to permit spring i7, toclose valve 13, trie motor will automatically sup?, ply yWater tothe tank so long as water flows through pipe e. i

'ln the arrangement of Fig. 3, the.open tank 2l, can be arranged in the attic il' so desired, and serves to supply cistern or sol' t water in the housr-` 'which is particularly desirable Where the city 'wa-ter supplied in the house is what is commonly called hard l also iind that the controlling or pressure I, valve prevents pounding, or hammering l oi the water in the house pipes and of the pump and motor while in action, because, l presume, of the cushioning efl'ot ol' the'diaphragin and the spring 17, acting' thereon,

T he controlline pressure valve canbe util ized for automatically controlling the waste or overflow pipes oi elevated tanks and can be employed in other connections than in the specific system herein described. The pres, sure ol the Water driven hy pump 2, can be applied to the valve 13, in a direction tend nig to openthe saine, by means other than the ldiaphragm shown, although ,as at present advised, lprefer to employ the diaphragm. The controlline pressure valve, shown inthe specific ex'ainp e illustrated, comprises a depending cylindrical or tube-like casing 8, -aving the inlet and outlet openings 9 and 10, and forming the longitudinal' internal fluidpessage 11preerahly closed at the upperlenr'?.A vThis vertical or reduced casing 8, can be 'formed integral With an outwardly flared or hellfshaped flanged *upper* end SO, forming thelower half ofthe diaphragm shell or casing, the upper hall` ol which is formed by the bell or flared flanged section 81, having top inlet into which pipe h, is screwed or otherwise seured. The surrounding edge portion 'ol the diaphragi'n is interposed between the edge flanges of the sectionsSU, 81, so that the diaphragm spans the interior of the chamber formed by said shells and forms 'a partition completely shutting ofil the pressure chamber 16, troni the space below the'V diaphragm. The two shells are fixed to. gether and against Ithe diaphragm to forni a Water tight joint by screws 82, or other suitable means. Thedluid passage 1 1, is sepa rated l'roni the space in shell sectionv 80,`by a transverse 'wall lperforated for the of valve stem 14. To prevent lea rage oi fluid Afrom passage 11 into tlieshell below the diaphragnnl have provided packing 83, around said stein in a socket formed in and opening through the top of said transverse wall. l can internally screw thread this socket to receive a gland or nut 84, by which the packing S3, can be tightened around the valve stein. l also usually provide means whereloy the spacein the shell and below the diaphragm is open `to the atmosphere, for instance by vent or perforation 85, through shell section 80. ll' water should leak around the stem, it "will be drained from the shell through said vent, and hence the pressure below the diaphragm will' remain at that yel the atnios here an d will not interfere with the free' anc proper operation ol' thediaphi-signi. lt will be observed that the ar rangement of pipes d, e, and y, with respect to the Water motor and controlling valve, is such that the water pressure at the exhaust ol' the motor is practically the saine as the Water pressure at the inlet of' said motor, whether the motor is in operation or at rest. Bythis arrangement, leakage ofl Water motor is reduced to the minimum.

lt is evident that various niodi'lications might be resorted to and that the system of pipes shown might be otherwise arranged, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and hence l do 'not wish to assage ,ir-rotor to dr for actneiing limii'y myself to the constructions shown.

"film-t i cla-ini is: l. ln a water sninply system, in combina tion, s, house service water system, e pump for raising; water iliereo, a water motor for actuating said pnrnpupine system for snpnigrrf Wzl-ber Under pressure, said motor heine included in said 'eine system and driven by said Water under pressure, apressnre actuated controlling faire yieldingly licld in normal closed position directing the flow of Water under pressure through said r'e the seine, and ineens Wl'iereby excessive pressure in said house service system will ca-ise openlng inox/'ement of said valve to slr'nt thev actuating' flew oi' Water under 1nre re freni said niotor to 'prevent 01, era,i'ien thereof,substantially as described. 2, ln a duplex water ,supply system, in conibinetion, a eine system for serving water, ainnnn for sir ,lying water 'there o, e, Water motor ier animating said nnnijp, a eine for serving ci v-service or otlieiweter under pressure, e sarpnl'y connection, in wliicli'said motor is incliided, for said las mentioned l): connor-.lien for said last eine, a di reci', sn mentioned 'gi-ipe, eccoliailingr tire nioizor, and means siilriccted te and controlled by tile Water ,o 'in said nine system or closingf sind o'lrnin; aid direct simply conn/mien to said ;i';e for serving ci y service or other mater under Apressure, sirbsnntinlly es described'. 23. waff-ir snppiv sysenr cenni ising; service pire for sell; er olier'wsljer, ineens :lying Water oxsncli pre, enecfia lim' ingA Water nioior tliereor, a su." nfwibionl'or Water Unici" vQ rcssnre and in which said motor is included lori saine by tire flow oi' said Wal/er therethrough, and s fz-re, an outlet. from seid connection in advance of said motor, whereby ne new oli' seid wenn' onder `prcssnire'.can be deflected i'roni the noter, seid vulve comprising; ineens whereby sind rulve is normally and yieldingiy lield closing; seid mitici, ami ineens sidrjiec' to and oyeron d bj. 'die 'pressure oi' the Water in slid service e l'er opening said we, seesmi'iiiaiy as dcscribed.

i A nacer supply system comprising;v a serv' :c 3, i i'or selt or other warner, ineens for supplying writer thereto, e Waffel' motor ille saine, e service 'eine for city or other Waller en.v pressure, f Water snffg y pille, :i eine connection clin frein to said if aber service pipe and in which said en, orvis included, z: ent-cli pipe y pipe conj driving tire vid meier, and a controlling Veive cenrnre controlled Valvecontrolling scr-ice ruine system, e..

actuating motor included in said pipe connections and adapted to beectuated by the flow therethrough of the water under pressure, an antoninic 'pressnre-actuated con trolling valve i'ncludedin said pipe connections for throwing said motor into or ont of action Wlien said valve discharge is onen to seb up flow of Watcr'niider pressure through said connections by directing said flow tl'irongli the motor or by permitting seid flow independently of the rnetor, said conf trolling vulve comprising' movable vn ieans subject to the pressure in said eine system and thereby (,lctcrniining the position of said valve zo throw the motor into or'out el aoiion, ,snl-istiintizrliy :is described,

C. A water supply system comprising` a punie l'or snnplying Wader merel/o, a, water motor for actuating said p nip, a. surgi/ily pipe connection for Wner minder pressure for supplying' water Z seid inoor lier amending laire saine, e, service "ic for receiving smid water under pressure iwecn said s rely cornection end seid lest widened service r11-rye and .independent el n cted Wiijli said valve for opening the sinne when' the water pressure in said chamber exceeds the tension el.' seid sprin .in testimony nflicreol lain); m signature,

presence ol' two witnesses,

villini esses T. Brunn, C. il. fiminine.

vom lie motor, a cubed eine connection be 

